Wounded deer
- Thread starter bellero
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On an extreme quartering away shot this could very well happen. I won't shoot if the angle gets much more extreme than a 45 degrees.
IMHO you are ony cheating yourself, and your chances of filling your tag if you don't practice for broadside,and quartering away shots.You know that once in a chance lifetime comes just one time, so you might as well be ready for it.
BROADSIDE
An unobstructed view of a broadside deer offers the best chance of a shot hitting the vitals. This is by far the favorite position for bow and gun hunters to have their deer in before taking a shot. The kill zone on the average deer is 9 inches. The broadside shot offers the hunter a clear shot on all the vitals, with even a little room for error. Aim for the heart right behind the shoulder blade. Even if your shot goes high you will pass through the lungs. This will provide you with a quick, clean, kill.
Quartering Away
Bow:
The quartering away angle is a fine shot for the bow hunter. Quartering away shots up to about a 45 degree angle are great. This position produces the largest possible margin for error in the vital area. Beyond a 45 degree angle you have to be a lot more precise because the gap between the rear hip and front shoulder becomes very small. Move your aiming point rearward to correspond with the deer's body angle. What you see on the outside of a deer is never your target, it's what's inside that you are aiming for and what counts. The bottom line is, the more the animal is quartering away from you, the farther back and the higher you have to aim to get into the vitals.
Gun:
The quartering away angle is a fine shot for the firearm hunter. Aim behind the front shoulder for an effective shot. The bullet will pass through the lungs and possibly the heart, and then exit through the far shoulder.
+1 to that damn!
